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"This can only be categorised as being at the very lowest end of the scale," Mr Mackie said in court.

The scuffle between Labe and Mr Abbott happened during the national debate over same-sex marriage.

Tony Abbott speaking in Hobart the day after the attack. (AAP) ()

The DJ was wearing a 'Yes' sticker when he encountered Mr Abbott but insisted his actions were not related to the cause for marriage equality.

The Rage Against the Machine fan, who spins tracks under the moniker Astro "Funknukl" Labe, said a friend had "coincidentally" stuck a pro-gay marriage sticker on him prior to the incident.

"It was nothing really remotely to do with (same sex marriage). It's just about Tony Abbott, the f---ing worm that he is," Labe told reporters the day after the attack.

"I'd had a skinful just wanted to nut the c---," he said.

Mr Abbott can be seen with a small cut to his bottom lip. ()

"I was a little bit too drunk to actually connect particularly well. Apparently he got a fat lip but he didn't have one this morning, so...he's a politician. I mean liar."

Mr Abbott's account bears this out, with the backbencher disparaging the ferocity of the attack in interviews last night, saying his assailant "wasn't very good at it" and adding that his only souvenir was a "very, very slightly swollen lip".